an angel flying through the
midst of heaven, having the ever-
lasting Gospel to preach to them
that dwell on the earth, to every
nation, kindred, tongue and people,
saying with a loud voice, "Fear
God and give glory to him who
made the heavens, the earth, the
seas and the fountains of water, for the
hour of God's judgment has come." [Revelation 14:6-7]

Oh! ye Gentile nations, wake up
and prepare yourselves for that
which is to come, for as God lives
his judgments are at your door.
They are at the door of our nation,
and the thrones and kingdoms of
the whole world will fall, and all
the efforts of men combined cannot
save them. It is a day of warning,
but not of many words, to the na-
tions. The Lord is going to make a
short work, or no flesh could be
saved. If it were not for the mani-
festation of the power of God what
would be the fate of his Zion and
people? The same as in the days of
Christ and his Apostles. The Lord
has had Zion before his face from
before the foundation of the world,
and he is going to build it up.
"Who am I," saith the Lord, "that
I promise and do not fulfill?" [Doctrine and Covenants 58:31] The
Lord never made a promise to the
sons of men which he has not ful-
filled, therefore Latter-day Saints,
you have all the encouragement in
the world to sustain you in the faith
that the Zion of God will remain on
the earth. The work is in our
hands to perform, the God of hea-
ven requires it of us and if we fail
to build it up we shall be under con-
demnation, and the Lord would
remove us out of the way and he
would raise up another people who
would do it. Why? Because the
Almighty has decreed that this work
shall be performed on the earth, and
no power on earth or in hell can hin-
der it.

I would here say to our delegate
to Congress, when you go to Wash-
ington, have no fears with regard to
the opposition of men. You have
every reason to go in confidence,
and do your duty, knowing that
the Lord will stand by you, and so
has every man in the Church and
kingdom of God, I care not where
we are placed or what God requires
at our hands. He is at the helm,
and he has protected us until to-
day. Where should we have been a
few years ago when the army was
sent to destroy us, if it had not been
for the protection of the Almighty?
We should not have been here.
And so it will be in days to come.
The world hate us because the Al-
mighty has called us out from the
world to proclaim his Gospel and
build up his kingdom. Let us be
faithful, for the Lord is going to
protect us, and build up Zion. He
will also gather Israel, rebuild Je-
rusalem and prepare the way for his
second coming, in the clouds of
heaven. Then let us, Latter-day
Saints, wake up to our duty. Think
nothing too hard that the Lord re-
quires of us. Let us build this
Temple that we may attend to the
ordinances for the living and the
dead. If we not do this we shall be
sorry. When I see men who have
received the word of God, and tasted
the powers of the world to come, and
then turn away, I think of the par-
able of the five wise and five foolish
virgins. [Matthew 25:1-13] It will pay us to be wise
and to have oil in our lamps, to have
fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and
to live our religion and keep the
commandments of God day by day.
Brethren are passing away. I have
been away three or four weeks on a
visit to the people in the upper settle-
ments, and since my return I hear of
this man and that man dead, whom I
saw well and hale before I went away.

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an angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, to every nation, kindred, tongue and people, saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to him who made the heavens, the earth, the seas and the fountains of water, for the hour of God's judgment has come."

Oh! ye Gentile nations, wake up and prepare yourselves for that which is to come, for as God lives his judgments are at your door. They are at the door of our nation, and the thrones and kingdoms of the whole world will fall, and all the efforts of men combined cannot save them. It is a day of warning, but not of many words, to the nations. The Lord is going to make a short work, or no flesh could be saved. If it were not for the manifestation of the power of God what would be the fate of his Zion and people? The same as in the days of Christ and his Apostles. The Lord has had Zion before his face from before the foundation of the world, and he is going to build it up. "Who am I," saith the Lord, "that I promise and do not fulfill?" The Lord never made a promise to the sons of men which he has not fulfilled, therefore Latter-day Saints, you have all the encouragement in the world to sustain you in the faith that the Zion of God will remain on the earth. The work is in our hands to perform, the God of heaven requires it of us and if we fail to build it up we shall be under condemnation, and the Lord would remove us out of the way and he would raise up another people who would do it. Why? Because the Almighty has decreed that this work shall be performed on the earth, and no power on earth or in hell can hinder it.

I would here say to our delegate to Congress, when you go to Washington, have no fears with regard to the opposition of men. You have every reason to go in confidence, and do your duty, knowing that the Lord will stand by you, and so has every man in the Church and kingdom of God, I care not where we are placed or what God requires at our hands. He is at the helm, and he has protected us until today. Where should we have been a few years ago when the army was sent to destroy us, if it had not been for the protection of the Almighty? We should not have been here. And so it will be in days to come. The world hate us because the Almighty has called us out from the world to proclaim his Gospel and build up his kingdom. Let us be faithful, for the Lord is going to protect us, and build up Zion. He will also gather Israel, rebuild Jerusalem and prepare the way for his second coming, in the clouds of heaven. Then let us, Latter-day Saints, wake up to our duty. Think nothing too hard that the Lord requires of us. Let us build this Temple that we may attend to the ordinances for the living and the dead. If we not do this we shall be sorry. When I see men who have received the word of God, and tasted the powers of the world to come, and then turn away, I think of the parable of the five wise and five foolish virgins. It will pay us to be wise and to have oil in our lamps, to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and to live our religion and keep the commandments of God day by day. Brethren are passing away. I have been away three or four weeks on a visit to the people in the upper settlements, and since my return I hear of this man and that man dead, whom I saw well and hale before I went away.